Improvement in harvesters



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No. 27,636. Patented March 27, 186.0.

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No. 27,636. Patented March 27, 1860.

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EDWIN JONES, OF CHESTER CROSS ROADS, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT |N- HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 27,636, dated March 271860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN JoNEs, of Ohester Cross Roads, in the countyof Geauga, in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combined Reapers and Mowers, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had totheaccompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan view,Fig. 2 a rear View, Fig. 3 a side view, of a portion of the machinewhich runs next to the standing grain or grass; Fig. 4, a similar view,showing the cutting apparatus turned up for transportation or to avoidobstructions; and Fig. 5, a section on line A B, Fig. 1, showing theinclined plane at the heel of the finger and cutter bars.

The rectangular frame A is supported by means of two wheels, B B, whichturn loosely on stationary journals I I. The wheel B, being thedriving-wheel, is provided with coggearing on the inner face to workinto gear with the cogs on the wheel attached to the end of the shaft J.The position of the gear-wheel on the end of the shaft J is indicated indotted lines in Fig. l.

Motion is communicated to the cutting apparatus from the shaft J bymeans of the gear K taking into a small gear-wheel on the end ofcrank-shaft J, to which the pitman is attached which operates thecutter-bar.

H is the drivers seat, and D the rakers seat, the latter being supportedby the projecting arm D.

The finger-bar F is attached to a frame, E, which is supported by meansof the wheel Gr on shaft. b and by the swivel-piece j, which is hingedto the lugs or earst' ion the main frame. (See Fig. 1.) The inner shoe,d, or extension of a post of the frame E, is also connected to the mainframe by means of a coupling-piece, M, hinged to a bracket attached tothe main frame at n and to the shoe d or frame E at 'n. The point wherethe coupling-arm M is hinged to the main frame is nearly on a line withthe crank-shaft J, and is so arranged for the purpose of preventing therelative position of the cutters, as respects the fingers, frombeingvaried too much by the rising and falling of the outer end of thefinger-bar.

E is a sheath, which covers the space in front of the wheel G andbetween the brace-piece F and the outer piece BFfHEe'E, and also helps Ito strengthen the frame E at the point where the outer shoe, 0, isattached.

The heel of the finger-bar is provided with an inclined plane or wedge,1, directly under the heel of the cutter-bar It. (See Fig. 5.) By theuse of the inclined plane I it is found that the cutter-bar works withgreater ease when the cutting apparatus is rising and falling to conformto the irregularities of the ground than if theinclined plane werenotused. Theheelofthe cutter-baris slightly curved, as shown in Fig. 5.

)Nhen the driver desires to raise the front of the finger-bar andcutting apparatus he takes hold oflever fand depresses the end next tohis seat, when the front end,whichis bent and supported in bearings 00,is revolved,and thereby the extreme front end, f, to which is attacheda cord or chain, c, from the shoe d or extension of the frame E, iselevated, together with the fin ger-bar F and cutting apparatus. Thelever fis held in any desired position by means of pins or a catchplaced in holesin the standard g. When the front only of the frame E iselevated it oscillates on the wheel G and swivelj.

It sometimes happens that it is desirable to raise the frame E entirelyoff of the ground, in which case the frame E is turned up toward theframe, as shown in Fig. 4, where it can be held or fastened in anydesirable manner. One way of holding it is shown in the drawings, wherea rope or chain, It, is fastened to the leverf, and then hitched orlooped over the end of the frame E. (See Fig.4.) The front or shoe part,d, of the frame E is sustained above the ground by the cord 6 andleverfwhen the machine is to be moved from place to place. The frame E,when the machine is used for mowing, has no covering, so that the grassas it is cut falls back over the fingers m and fingerbar F onto theground.

When the machine is to be used for cutting grain a platform is placedover the entire frame E if the grain is long; but if thegrain to be cutis short, then only a portion of the front of the frame E is coveredwith the platform.

The mode of raking the grain from the platform is as follows If thegrain is long, the raker from his seat D gathers the grain to the outerside of the platform, and then rakes it off onto the ground, just inrear of the brace F; but if the grain is short, then only a portion ofthe platform is covered, (just enough to support the cut grain,) and theraker, after gath- Having described my improved combined ering the grainto the outer side, rakes it OK on the ground in front of the rear timberof the frame E. The reel is to be supported on the frame E, and receivesits motion from a band or beltpassingover the pnlleyaon shaft 1).

By means of the arrangement of the rakers seat I), as respects the frameE, as fully shown in the drawings, the raker can elevate the front ofthe frame E, together with the cutting apparatus, by simply pressing therear end of the frame E with his foot to passover obstructions or inturning. The position of the raker is also such that he can relieve'orassist the reel in separating tangled grain to be cut from that which isto be passed by the machine.

Other modes of gearing for operating the cutting apparatus may beemployed different from that herein described, if preferred.

reaper and mower, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. Hinging the frame E to the inside of the main frame within theperiphery of the Wheel B,in combination with hinging the front to themain frame by the coupling-arm M, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. The rakersseat D, arranged in relation to and combined with the mainframe A A and frame E,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The inclined plane I, in combination with i the heel of thecutter-bar, substantially as set forth.

EDWIN JONES.

Witnesses: I

CALVIN BREWSTER, WELTHIE BREWSTER.

